Florida Real Estate Licensing Requirements

Sales Associates, Brokers and Broker Associates, Mutual Recognition

 

How to Get Your Florida Sales Associate License

Non-licensed individuals and persons licensed as real estate Sales Associates in NON-mutual recognition states^†.

^†See Mutual Recognition below.

Qualifications:

• Eighteen years of age or older;
• Mentally competent;
• Possess a high school diploma or its equivalent;
• Apply for the state licensing examination*;
• Successfully complete a FREC-approved 63-hour Sales Associate Pre-license course, either in classroom or online; and
• Score a minimum of 75% on the state licensing examination.

*Note: Bert Rodgers Schools sends each student a Welcome Package that includes the state application as well as detailed information on filling out the application and scheduling the state licensing examination.

For more information click here to view the DBPR's website.

 

How to obtain your Florida Broker or Broker Associate License

Florida-licensed Sales Associates AND Real Estate Sales Associates or Brokers licensed in other states (non-mutual recognition states^†) or jurisdictions.

Qualifications:

• Hold an active Florida Sales Associate license OR an active Sales Associate license or a current and valid Broker license from another state or jurisdiction for a minimum of one year in the preceding five years;
• Newly licensed Florida Sales Associates must fulfill the sales associate post-licensing education requirement before being eligible to obtain a broker license.
• Apply for the state licensing examination*;
• Successfully complete a FREC-approved 72-hour Broker Pre-license course, either in classroom or online; and
• Score a minimum of 75% on the Florida Sales Associate licensing examination.

*Note: Bert Rodgers Schools sends each student a Welcome Package that includes the state application as well as detailed information on filling out the application and scheduling the state licensing examination.

For more information click here to view the DBPR's website.

 

Mutual Recognition

Sales Associates and Brokers licensed in states that ARE mutual recognition states.

Qualifications for an equivalent type license:

• Eighteen years of age or older;
• Possess a high school diploma or its equivalent;
• NOT be a resident of Florida at the time of application;
• Score a minimum of 75% on the 40-question Florida-specific real estate law examination; and
• Hold a current, valid, and active license in good standing in the mutual recognition state.

Florida has entered into Mutual Recognition agreements with 11 states: 

Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, *Georgia, Indiana, *Kentucky, *Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Tennessee.

 *Licensees from these states cannot claim mutual recognition if they obtained their license, in the mutual recognition state, by reciprocity.

 NOTE: There are additional requirements for licensees from Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. 

For more information click here to view the DBPR's website.